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1914-1918: The World at War. A very brief overview. Differing Viewpoints. “The Great War” “The War to End All Wars” “The War to ‘Make the World Safe for Democracy’”. World War I What do we know? Crash Course? Causes? Who is involved? Significant events/people/countries?
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1914-1918:The Worldat War A very brief overview
Differing Viewpoints • “The Great War” • “The War to End All Wars” • “The War to ‘Make the World Safe for Democracy’”
World War I • What do we know? Crash Course? • Causes? • Who is involved? • Significant events/people/countries? • What’s the big deal? • How/why was WW I different from any previous conflict?
1. The Alliance System Triple Entente: Triple Alliance:
Two Armed Camps! Allied Powers: Central Powers:
Pan-Slavism: The Balkans, 1914 The“Powder Keg”of Europe
The Assassin: GavriloPrincip
Trench Warfare “No Man’s Land”
The Somme – July, 1916 • 60,000 British soldiers killed in one day. • Over 1,000,000 killed in 5 months.
The Airplane “Squadron Over the Brenta”Max Edler von Poosch, 1917
FlameThrowers GrenadeLaunchers
Poison Gas Machine Gun
1918 Flu Pandemic: Depletes All Armies 50,000,000 – 100,000,000 died
Major Features of the Great War Stalemate Trench warfare Industrial weapons “Shell shock” Influenza